Pub. L. 111-383, div. A, tit. XII, subtit. C, sec. 1235

REPORTS ON POLICE TRAINING PROGRAMS.

EnactedYear: 2011Length: 995 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 1235. REPORTS ON POLICE TRAINING PROGRAMS.(a) DoD Inspector General Report on Afghan National Police Training Program.—(1) Report required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department of State, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Afghan National Police training program.(2) Review.—In preparing the report required by paragraph (1), the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall 124 STAT. 4399 conduct a review of the Afghan National Police training program that focuses on developments since the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Inspector General of the Department of State released the report entitled “Department of Defense Obligations and Expenditures of Funds Provided to the Department of State for the Training and Mentoring of the Afghan National Police” (DODIG Report No. D–2010–042, DOSIG Report No. MERO–A–10–06, February 9, 2010).(3) Elements of report.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:(A) A description of the components, planning, and scope of the Afghan National Police training program since the United States assumed control of the program in 2003.(B) A description of the cost to the United States of the Afghan National Police training program, including the source and amount of funding, and a description of the allocation of responsibility between the Department of Defense and the Department of State for funding the program.(C) A description of the allocation of responsibility between the Department of Defense and the Department of State for the oversight and execution of the program.(D) A description of the personnel and staffing requirements for overseeing and executing the program, both in the United States and in theater, including United States civilian government and military personnel, contractor personnel, and nongovernmental personnel, and non-United States civilian and military personnel, contractor personnel, and nongovernmental personnel.(E) An assessment of the cost, performance metrics, and planning associated with the transfer of administration of the contract for the Afghan National Police training program from the Department of State to the Department of Defense.(b) GAO Report on Use of Government Personnel Rather Than Contractors for Training Afghan National Police.—(1) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the use of United States Government personnel rather than contractors for the training of the Afghan National Police.(2) Elements.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:(A) A description of the roles and responsibilities of contractors and United States Government personnel in the Afghan National Police training program and a description of how the division of roles and responsibilities between such contractors and personnel has been determined.(B) An assessment of the relative advantages and disadvantages of using contractors or United States Government personnel in the Afghan National Police training program, including an assessment of—(i) the shortfalls and inefficiencies, if any, in contractor performance in the program; and124 STAT. 4400(ii) options for leveraging United States Government resources and capacity to address the shortfalls and inefficiencies described in clause (i) and to better address current and future needs under the program.(C) An assessment of the factors, such as oversight, cost considerations, performance, policy, and other factors, that would be impacted by transferring responsibilities for the performance of the Afghan National Police training program from contractors to United States Government personnel.(D) A review of the lessons learned from the execution and oversight of the police training program in Iraq, and any other relevant police training programs led by the Department of Defense, regarding the relative advantages and disadvantages of using United States Government personnel or contractors to carry out police training programs for foreign nations.(c) Report on Government Police Training and Equipping Programs.—(1) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on United States Government police training and equipping programs outside the United States.(2) Elements.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:(A) A list of all United States Government departments and agencies involved in implementing police training and equipping programs.(B) A description of the scope, size, and components of all police training and equipping programs for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, to include for each such program—(i) the name of each country that received assistance under the program;(ii) the types of recipient nation units receiving such assistance, including national police, gendarmerie, counternarcotics police, counterterrorism police, Formed Police Units, border security, and customs;(iii) the purpose and objectives of the program;(iv) the funding and personnel levels for the program in each such fiscal year;(v) the authority under which the program is conducted;(vi) the name of the United States Government department or agency with lead responsibility for the program and the mechanisms for oversight of the program;(vii) the extent to which the program is implemented by contractors or United States Government personnel; and(viii) the metrics for measuring the results of the program.(C) An assessment of the requirements for police training and equipping programs, and what changes, if any, are required to improve the capacity of the United States Government to meet such requirements.124 STAT. 4401(D) An evaluation of the appropriate role of United States Government departments and agencies in coordinating on and carrying out police training and equipping programs.(E) An evaluation of the appropriate role of contractors in carrying out police training and equipping programs, and what modifications, if any, are needed to improve oversight of such contractors.(F) Recommendations for legislative modifications, if any, to existing authorities relating to police training and equipping programs.(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—(1) the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Appropriations of the Senate; and(2) the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
Pub. L. 111-383, div. A, tit. XII, subtit. C, sec. 1235: REPORTS ON POLICE TRAINING PROGRAMS. | Justis AI